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No. 821,665. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. P. MOGINNIS.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30. 1904v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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No. 821,665. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. P. MOGINNIS. WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY30,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHBBT 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed July 30,1904. Serial No. 218,860-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP MoGINNIs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of London, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to windows of the ordinary type consisting of two framed vertically-movable glass plates and which are adapted, in addition to being moved up and down, to have a lateral movement, so that they may be swung inwardly, the object of the invention being to provide simple and effective means whereby the result above stated may be achieved.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a front view of the window as seen from the interior of the house. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section through the same when the windows are swung open. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with parts in section. Fig. 4 represents a front-view section illustrating the hinge on which the window is swung, and Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan on line 6 6 of Fig. 3 of the mechanism for connecting the stop with the window-frame, and Fig. 7 is a section through the same along line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detailed front view of the plate fixed to the frame of the window shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and Fig. 9 is a front view of the plate fastened to the stop shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the window constructed in the usual fashion, consisting in part of the boxes B, adapted to contain the weights C, which counterbalance the weight of the windows.

d D represents the stool and sill-of the win- F represents the sash of the window-glass G, which is constructed in the usual manner, being provided at both ends with a groove containing cords H, connected to the weights. The cords are generally hooked to pins I, located in recesses, as shown in Fig. 2, in which,

however, the hook is shown free.

The parts J and J are the two exterior stops, against which the upper of the two sashes is adapted to bear in the normal position to prevent its falling out.

K is the intermediate stop at the left'hand of the window, and K its corresponding constructionat the right hand of'the window.

, upper sash.

The two interior stops of the inner sash are shown as composed of two pieces each, the upper pieces L and L being permanently screwed to the frame A and the two lower pieces contiguous, respectively, to L and L are shown as M and N.

M is represented as hinged to the frame: A,

as shown in Fig. 2, so as to allow it to swing inwardly into the room when desired. N, the opposite stop, is shown as entirely removable from the window. It adjoins the upper portion of the stop L at the angular out 0, in-

.clined both laterally and from front to rear,

and is fastened to the frame A by means of the mechanism shown in detail in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9. This mechanism consists of the plate P, having the appearance of an inverted keyhole and provided with an edge flange P, which rests in a cut-out portion A in the frame A, so as to allow the head of the screw Q to project therethrough and to movevertically therein. This screw Q passes through the oscillating bearing B, through an opening in the stop N, and isconnected at the outside with a handpiece S, larger than the opening through which the screw projects in the stop N.

The sashes F of the windows are each provided at one side with two ordinary alined screws T, the heads of which project from the windows a short distance. These screws are adapted to be engaged by the double hinges U V. (Shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5.) A metallic box W is countersunk in the stop M, and at the bottom of this box, transversely therethrough, is pivoted the lower portion V of the double hinge in such a manner as to the cut X, and thus into the path of the screws T. This latch Y is weighted and will swing aside automatically when the screw T comes down upon the hinge-arm U, swinging back to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to prevent any upward movement of the sash unless the latch is first swung aside by hand. Similar boxes W, with hinges U V therein, are also arran ed on the partingstrip K to cooperate with the screws T of the I At the right-hand side of the frame A there is provided a hook or projection Z, to which the temporarily-disconnected windowcord may be attached when the window is sash can readily pass the lower sash as the two are moved vertically with regard to each other, and the Window operates in all resppcts exactly like the ordinary window of t 's character, being connected to the counterweights in the usual fashion. When, however, it is designed to clean the windows with safety or to open them inwardly for any reason whatsoever, the operator proceeds as follows: The lower sash is raised slightly above the position shown in Fig. 1. The two double hinges U V are pulled down from their boxes or containers into the position shown in Fig. 1 and the sash lowered till the studs T rest in the notches X, as shown in Fig. 1. The handpiece S at the opposite side of the window is raised, and consequently the screwhead Q passes from behind the narrow portion of the keyhole in alinement with the larger portion thereof, and there is consequently no remaining connection between the stop N and the frame A. The operator exerts a slight inward and upward pull on the handpiece S, and the stop N is removed from the side of the window altogether. Nothing now prevents the ,sash from being swung inwardly. The sash is turned toward the person in the interior of the room. The sash-cord H is unhooked from I and hooked into Z, leaving the sash without any connection at the right-hand side and free to swing inwardly. Under ordinary circumstances sufiicient inward swingis obtained when the stop M is rigidly connected to the frame A. In such case, of course, the parts Land M would form one sin le continuous piece, differing in no respect from the parts now in ordinary use. If a greater swing is desired, the hinges shown attached to M in Fig. 2 may be provided, and these hinges allow the lower sash to swing entirely within the room without any limit other than the walls of the room.

Having opened the lower sash to the position shown in Fig. 2, if it is now desired to open the upper sash inwardly the operator may remove the intermediate stop K by simply taking itout of its recess after this sash has been lowered until the screws T rest in the hinge-arm U, located on the stop K. In the ordinary construction of windows this intermediate stop is not nailed to the frame A but is merely inserted in a recess in A and held therein with sufficient rigidity by reason of its being embraced partially on its three vertical sides by the walls of the recess and on the fourth vertical side by two proj ecting lips of the meeting-rails situated on the lower rail of the upper sash and the upper rail of the lower sash, respectively. Consequently the removal of this particular stop K is an ordinary feature of the window now universally used. In the window of my invention I divide this stop into two pieces, similar to the device of the right-hand stop L N, except that instead of making the cut 0 angular I make a horizontal cut or a cut slightly inclined toward the left and place the lower part of the stop K on the pin D in the sill D, as shown in Fig. 3. To remove this stop K, it is consequently only necessary to pull the stop out of the recess in the frame A. The corresponding stop K at the left-hand side of the window is also provided with two double hinges of the same construction as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and when these two hinges located in K are thrown outwardly and the upper sash lowered until the two screws T rest in the two hinges the stop K is pulled out, as described, the sash-cord disconnected from the hook I and hooked into the projection Z, and the upper sash will swing into the room,

so that it may be cleaned or repaired with.

safety; If is now desired to return the win-' dow to its normal condition, the upper sash is swung back until its free edge approaches the frame A, when its sash-cord is disconnected from the projection Z and hooked into the inverted hook I. The window is then completely swung back into its normal position that is, until it is parallel and contiguous with the inner faces of the two outside stops J J. The stop K is then returned to its place by placing it on the pin D, as shown in Fig. 3, and pushing it back into its groove, and'the window is thereupon raised to the position shown in Fig. 1, which represents the normal closed condition of the upper window. It will be apparent that by this upward motion the screws T have become disconnected from the double hinge U V, and these two double hinges are thereupon folded into their boxes W either by contact with the lip of the meeting-rail or by hand, and the upper sash is in its normal condition. Thereafter if the lower sash is to be closed it is first rengaged with the sash-cord and its swinging end pushed toward the frame until the outside edges of the sash F are parallel to and contiguous with the inner faces of the intermediate stops K K. The stop N is now put into place by inserting its upper acute angle into the corresponding space at O and pushing its lower end toward the frame until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, the handpiece S remaining raised during the operation. When this stop N is in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the hand-piece S is lowered, causing the screw-head Q to project beyond the narrow part of the keyhole in P, assuming the position shown in Fig. 7 and firmly locking the stop N to the frame A. The lower sash is now raised a short distance until its screws T become disengaged from the double hinges U V, which are thrown into their boxes W, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, where they remain out of sight. The sash has now been restored to its original position and except for the four projecting screws T and the handpiece S there is nothing to indicate to a person in the interior of the room that the window differs in construction from any ordinary window now in general use. These four screws and the handpiece S are so small, however, as hardly to be noticeable, and they are usually covered by curtains.

If it is desired to secure the catch P Q R S in its locking position at this point, or in its upper or unlocked position while it is removed from the window, a slight rotating motion is given to the handpiece S, which forces it into frictional contact with the inner wall or N and retains it in that or any other desired position.

It will be seen that the improvement herein described is of an exceedingly simple and efficacious character. All of its parts, so far as the woodwork is concerned, are the same parts now in use, which will permit any ordinary window to be altered at the smallest possible expense, so that it cancontain the improvement of my invention. The only changes in the woodwork consists in removing parts therefrom for the reception of the double hinges and the other devices; but in no place is it necessary to make a special wooden part in the construction of this window. Consequently any architect or window-framer by simply acquiring the necessary metallic parts can provide a house with the improvement of my invention. The screws T and the other screws used in connecting parts can be bought at any hardware-store. The double hinge U V with its box W in order to be attached to the stop M or K require merely the gouging out of the recesses in these stops in order to be properly fitted. An ordinary auger or chisel may be used in providing the necessary recesses ior tne reception of the locking device P Q R S of the stop N.

Of course many of the parts which I have described may be replaced by others having corresponding functions; but the main idea which I have had in mind in devising the present improvement has been to produce a window of the character described without requiring the use or employment of special hand-made parts or of altering the construction of the window now in common use to any appreciable extent except by the addition of such necessary metal parts as are required to provide a disappearing hinge and a removable stop at the opposite side of the window-irame.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the frame, the sliding sash provided with a projection, a hinge carried by said frame and adapted to swing about an axis parallel with the direction in which the sash moves, said hinge having a seat for said projection, and a latch carried llqy said hinge, to lock the projection to the 2? The combination with the frame and the sliding sash, of a double hinge adapted to connect with the sash in a predetermined position thereof, said hinge comprising a section pivoted to the frame about an axis trans verse to the direction inwhich the sash slides, and another slotted section adapted to engage a rigid projection on the sash and permanently carried by and pivoted to the firstnamed section about an axis parallel with the path in which the sash slides.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP MoGINNIS. Witnesses:

HENRY S. OULVER, PHIL. C. LEWIS. 

